Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-06-09

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dolph, Philip Doddridge and Alex.
ander Campbell, of Brooke, and
Charles ). Morgan and Eugenius
Nj Wilson, OF Monongalia
The delegates from the oppo,iny
sections were arraycd in solid pha.
lanN against each other. The form
CT plead eloquently and long in he.
half OF the ncedfui changes but All
in vain. The Objectionable features
OF the old Constitution were nearly
all engraited into the new. AZ las,
the work was done, and ON the final
vote to adopt as Il whole, every
western delegate voted i'm the mega
tive, except MIR Doddridye, who
would have done 80 had he not been
confined to his hotel by illness. But
1t was in the popular vote that the
opposition of the two sections was
most clearly seen. Every county
east of the Blue Ridge, with one
eNception-W Warwick--gavc n ma.
lority for ratification, while every
county in what is now Yves, VII
gina, with two exeeptions-Jcflef.
son and HanipShirc-votcd largely
an favor OF rejection. The total vote
cast west of the Alleghcnies was
$500, OF which S.ISS were for re.
lection. Notwithstanding, the Con.
stitution was adopted by majority
of io,491, and continued TO be the
organie law of the lard for twenty
years.
The murmurings OF discomfort
were loud and deep throughout the
West. Men Of talent and nspira.
tion now saw, in addition to otaer
evils, that OF political ostracism.
Nearly three quarters Of century
had passed away since Virginia had
become an independent State. and
IN nearly all that time but one man
General Andrew Moore, of Rock.
bridgc,-had eyer been elected To q
seat in the United States Senate
from a county west Of the Blue
Ridge, and but one Joseph John.
son, of Harrison county had ever
been chosen 10 I'LL the Gubcrnato.
rial chair from a county west of the
Allcghcnies. So great was the
discomfort tnat il resulted i'm the
meeting of the
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION or
1S50-51,
which convened at Richmond DC.
tober 18TH Of the former wear. The
delegates were chosen from the
Senatorial districts. Those from
the districts and parts OF districts
then lying in what is now West
virginia were as follows: From
the District Of Rockingham, Pen.
dleton and Pope, John Kenney.
George Dencalc, A M. Newman
and John Lionberger; from the
District Of Shenandoah, Hardy and
Warren, Green H. Samuels. William
Seymour, Giles Cook and Samuel
{. Williams; from the District Of
Jefferson, Berkeley and Clarke.
Charles Faulkner, William Lucas.
Dennis Murphy and Andrew Hunt.
cr; from the District Of Frederick.
Hampshire and Morgan, James T..
Stewart Thomas Sloan, Richard l..
Byrd and Charles Blue; from the
District Of Brooke, Ohio, Hancock
and Marshall, Jefferson T. Martin,
Zachariah Jacob, John Knote and
Thomas NJ. Gally. from the District
Of Doddridge, Wctzel, Harrison.
Tyler, Wood and Ritchic, Joseph
johnson, John +. Snodgrass, Gid.
con ID. Camden and Peter G.. Van
Wrinkle; from the District Of Ma.
ron, Preston, Monongala and
Taylor, William G.. Brown, Ed.
ward Armstrong, Waitman T.
Wiley and James Neeson; from
the District Of Randolph, Lewis.
Barbour, Gilmer, Braxton, Writ and
Jackson, Samuel i. Hayes, Joseph
Smith, Jonn $ Carlisle and Thomas
Bland; from the District Of Cabell.
Mason, Putnam, Wayne, Boone
Wyoming and Logan, Elisha w.
MeComas, Henry ]. Fisher and
James ii. Ferguson, from the Dis.
trict Of Grecnbricr, Pocahonias.
Fayette, Raleigh, Nicholas and Ka-
nawba, George w. Summers. Sam.
uel Price, William Smith and Ben.
jamin II. Smith, from the District
Of Mercer, Giles, Tazewell and
Morrow, Augustus a. Chapman.
Allen 7 Caperton and Albert 6
Pendlcton
Atlast the work was done and
With rs completion came q redress
Of many grievances, the constitu.
ton was ratified and under IL were
enacted ~ The Jaws Of Virginia Tor
the period of ten years. "a the end
Of that time. civil war hovercd near
and the world knows the result.
THE coNvENTIos or 1861.
The morning Of the I4th Of April
1901, witnessed a memorable scene
30 and about the old State az
Richmond There Virginia bad
collected her renowned iurists, pro.
foundcst thinkers, and literary char
acters. There sat cx President Ty.
Ter. Hcnry a. Wise. Ex-Governor
u the State and many others who
bad held high positions in the coun.
ellis Of the nation.
It was a time fraught with mat.
tiers Of the grayest import and the
people west of he mountains sent
over the Blue Ridge their most able